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Project Management Fundamentals

Course Description

Project Management Fundamentals teaches students basic project-management techniques, including managing time and costs. Students will identify the features and attributes of a project, the steps and variables of the project management process, the effects of environmental, socio-economic and organizational structure issues, and the responsibilities of a project manager. Course activities also cover defining the project scope, writing a project charter, developing a work breakdown structure, identifying time management components, describing schedule development, using mathematical analysis techniques, and assigning resources. Students will also learn how to estimate resource costs, create a capital budget, control the project costs, and compute a project's estimate at completion (EAC) and variance at completion (VAC). The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help ensure student success

Target Audience

This course is designed to give you an understanding of project management concepts, creating and modifying project plans.

Project Management Fundamentals

1. Fundamentals of project management

Projects

The project management process

2. Characteristics of a project

The project environment

The project manager

The project team

3. Project initiation and scope planning

Project initiation

Scope planning

4. Scope definition, verification, and change control

Scope definition

Scope verification

Scope change control

5. Time Management

Activity definition and sequencing

Activity duration

6. Schedule development and control

Schedule development

Schedule control

7. Resource identification and cost approximating

Resource identification

Cost approximating

8. Budgeting and cost control

Cost budgeting

Cost control

Our goal is to make sure your training meets your objectives, not ours. Therefore, all of our outlines are used as guidelines for particular courses. This outline does not guarantee that all the topics listed will be covered in the time allowed. The amount of material covered is based on the skill level of the student audience. We may change or alter course topics to best suit the classroom situation.

Sorry, we currently do not have any public courses scheduled for the Project level 1 course.
Please contact us to see if we can put one on the schedule for you

Project Level 1 & 2 Course

Course Description

Designed to familiarise you with the basic features and functions of Microsoft Project Professional 2013 so that you can use it effectively and efficiently in a real-world environment.

Target Audience

Students taking this course are responsible for managing projects in a work environment. This includes creating and maintaining project plans.

Prerequisites

Using templates and importing data to ensure your success in this course, you should have basic project management knowledge and skills.

You should be able to create a new project plan, manage time in a project plan, manage tasks in a project plan, manage resources in a project plan, and share a project plan.

Project Level 1 & 2 Course

1. Starting a Project

Project Management 101

Navigate and Customise the Project 2013 Interface

Add Tasks to a Project

Add Resources to a Project

Save a Project

2. Working with Project Calendars

Manage Project Time Frames

Change Working Time

3. Working with Project Tasks

Manage Project Tasks

Add Summary Tasks and Milestones

4. Working with Project Resources

Manage Project Resources

Allocate and Level Work Resources

5. Delivering a Project Plan

Print Project Views

Share Projects

Export Projects

6. Managing the Project Environment

Link Projects

Baseline a Project

Work with Custom Fields

7. Managing Task Structures

Change a Task List

Create a Network Diagram

Manage the Critical Path

Use Lag and Lead

Analyse Earned Value

8. Generating Project Views

Use View Commands

Use Existing Views

Create Custom Views

Format and Share the Timeline View

9. Producing Project Reports

Use Existing Reports

Create Custom Reports

Export Visual Reports

Our goal is to make sure your training meets your objectives, not ours. Therefore, all of our outlines are used as guidelines for particular courses. This outline does not guarantee that all the topics listed will be covered in the time allowed. The amount of material covered is based on the skill level of the student audience. We may change or alter course topics to best suit the classroom situation.

Sorry, we currently do not have any public courses scheduled for the Project level 2 course.
Please contact us to see if we can put one on the schedule for you

Project Bundle Course

Course Description

Day 1: Teaches students basic project-management techniques, including managing time and costs. Students will identify the features and attributes of a project, the steps and variables of the project management process, the effects of environmental, socio-economic and organisational structure issues, and the responsibilities of a project manager.

Day 2 & 3: Designed to familiarise you with the basic features and functions of Microsoft Project Professional 2013 so that you can use it effectively and efficiently in a real-world environment.

Target Audience

This course is designed to give you an understanding of project management concepts, creating and modifying project plans.

Prerequisites

Good working knowledge of the Windows Operating System and proper IT skills.

Project Bundle Course

Day 1: Project Management Fundamentals

1. Fundamentals of project management

Projects

The project management process

2. Characteristics of a project

The project environment

The project manager

The project team

3. Project initiation and scope planning

Project initiation

Scope planning

4. Scope definition, verification, and change control

Scope definition

Scope verification

Scope change control

5. Time Management

Activity definition and sequencing

Activity duration

6. Schedule development and control

Schedule development

Schedule control

7. Resource identification and cost approximating

Resource identification

Cost approximating

8. Budgeting and cost control

Cost budgeting

Cost control

Day 2: Project Management 2013 Part 1

1. Starting a Project

Project Management 101

Navigate and Customise the Project 2013 Interface

Add Tasks to a Project

Add Resources to a Project

Save a Project

2. Working with Project Calendars

Manage Project Time Frames

Change Working Time

3. Working with Project Tasks

Manage Project Tasks

Add Summary Tasks and Milestones

4. Working with Project Resources

Manage Project Resources

Allocate and Level Work Resources

5. Delivering a Project Plan

Print Project Views

Share Projects

Export Projects

Day 3: Project Management 2013 Part 2

6. Managing the Project Environment

Link Projects

Baseline a Project

Work with Custom Fields

7. Managing Task Structures

Change a Task List

Create a Network Diagram

Manage the Critical Path

Use Lag and Lead

Analyse Earned Value

8. Generating Project Views

Use View Commands

Use Existing Views

Create Custom Views

Format and Share the Timeline View

9. Producing Project Reports

Use Existing Reports

Create Custom Reports

Export Visual Reports

Our goal is to make sure your training meets your objectives, not ours. Therefore, all of our outlines are used as guidelines for particular courses. This outline does not guarantee that all the topics listed will be covered in the time allowed. The amount of material covered is based on the skill level of the student audience. We may change or alter course topics to best suit the classroom situation.

Sorry, we currently do not have any public courses scheduled for the Project level 3 course.
Please contact us to see if we can put one on the schedule for you

Our Project courses in Sandton, typically have less than 6 delegates attending, so you are guaranteed individual attention. The training centre in Sandton is easy to get to and offers free parking.